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Omnivore vs Omnivory - What's the difference?

omnivore | omnivory |

As nouns the difference between omnivore and omnivory

is that omnivore is an animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore) while omnivory is the consumption of both animal and plant matter, or of material from multiple trophic levels; the act or condition of being omnivorous.

omnivore

English

(wikipedia omnivore)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
    • Bears are omnivores , they can eat plants but they also eat fish.

    See also

    * herbivore * carnivore * folivore * frugivore * insectivore * hemovore / plasmavore ----

    omnivory

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The consumption of both animal and plant matter, or of material from multiple trophic levels; the act or condition of being omnivorous.
  • * 1995 , Advances in Ecological Research , volume 26 (ISBN 008056710X), page 151:
    • Omnivory has often been presumed to be rare in food webs because its presence in theoretical models has been shown to be destabilizing (Pimm, 1982)
  • * 2005 , Micky D. Eubanks, The Biology of Omnivores and the Ecology of Omnivore-Prey Interactions'', in ''Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions (ISBN 0195171209), page 3:
    • Until recently, omnivory' (i.e., feeding at multiple trophic levels) was thought to be rare in nature. It is now realized that ' omnivory is a widespread feeding habit